Hi my name is Sandra and I'm a nesting doll. I live in Kari's house on
West Road. You see nesting dolls are made of wood and painted in
bright colors. My sisters, Kate, Stephanie, Shannon, and Anna can
split in half and I jump in Anna and Anna jumps in Shannon and so on
until all you can see is Kate the oldest and the prettiest (at least
that's what she says) and since I am the smallest and plainest Kari
often loses me or steps on me on accident and sometimes on purpose!
Kari doesn't want to play with me a lot so I guess you can say I am a
doll with a broken heart.

Windy
the paper doll is my best and only friend. She encourages me and
helps me every step of the way. She also lives in Kari's house and
when Kari isn't around, she glides around the room corner to corner.
I say someday she'll get caught gliding around the room. She says
humans will never catch her.

Summer
passed and school came and Kari's mom and dad went to work and the
house was completely empty. I went over to Kate, my big sister, and
asked her if I could play with her and Stephanie. Basketball was my
favorite especially when it was low enough for me to just barely
reach the bottle cap that was supposed to be the hoop.

"You
can play as long as you're not on my team," Kate said.

"Well
I don't want her on my team," Stephanie said.

Shannon
and Anna were playing tag. "Can I join?" I asked.

"No!"
shouted Anna as she ran away from Shannon who was "it" at
that time.

I
couldn't take it any longer; why doesn't anyone want to play with me?
Is it because I'm small or ugly? I started to run away crying when Windy
stopped me.

"Hey, first off I've got some good news and some bad news but before I say
anything more, why are you crying?

"No one wants to play with me."

"Don't worry about it. I will play with you".

"Thanks Windy but what's the good news?"

"The
good news is I didn't get caught flying in the kitchen as the humans
left. The bad news is I saw another doll I've never seen before stuck
behind the refrigerator!"

"I've got to tell the others," I said.

"About what? Me not getting caught or the stranger under the fridge?"

"The stranger, Windy!" A few minutes later I found Kate and the girls.

"You're
on your own, kid," Kate said. "I am not going to go under a fridge to get a
doll I've never seen!"

The
next day Windy and I set off to the fridge when Kari and her parents
were gone. Windy and I must have been walking for hours when finally
we found the fridge. It was huge and smelled like a big ham sandwich.
We ventured on under the fridge and found a troll doll.

"Hi," said a voice. "I was wondering if you could get me down.
I've been up here for five years or was it six...."

The troll said quickly, "Please!"

"What's your name?" Windy asked looking around.

"Waterfall," she replied.

"Where are you?" I said looking around with Windy.

"Up here, jammed in between the wall and the fridge!"
Waterfall yelled.

"Ooh! Ooh! I know how to get Waterfall down!" Windy screamed.
"When I get stuck I wiggle around then suck in my stomach!"

About two seconds after that Waterfall plopped to the ground.

"Thanks, uhhh...."

"It's Windy, Windy Cutout," Windy said proudly.

We all got out from under the fridge and walked into Kari's room.
"Hey, Waterfall, want to be our friend?" I asked.

"Sure," said Waterfall, "but won't I look suspicious hanging out
with Kari's group of old dolls? You've got to stick me on the living room
floor in plain sight then let Kari find me and keep me before I can play
with you guys!"

Without further ado, I stuck Waterfall in the middle of the living room to
be found by Kari in a couple of hours.
Just like Waterfall and I had planned, a few hours later
Kari comes rushing in her room with Waterfall in her hand.

"I'm going to play with you, Sandra, and that cutout tomorrow," said
Kari.
"You guys will have fun!" Then Kari ran out of the
room.

Waterfall and Windy looked at me and started running towards me.
We all hugged and I guess now you can say I'm the the doll with
the restored happy heart.